Gaming

It’s probably beyond trite at this point to say that 2020 has been a wild and weird year. This goes for most of us, but for me, games often existed in their own sphere, away from whatever real-world disasters have befallen us that year. That is to say, I usually have a pretty good idea

All this next-gen console nonsense is for nerds – The real MVP of 2020 is Crusader Kings 3. Why worry about lockdown boredom, buying a console from a scalper or 4K vs Performance mode when you can play the best grand strategy on the humble PC? Let me tell you why. First off, let’s get

By Sherif Saed, Thursday, 24 December 2020 10:19 GMT It seems like 343 Industries has to dispel this same rumour every other week. Earlier this week, a non-rumour got started because someone noticed that the LinkedIn page of Chad Mirshak, a Halo Infinite UI designer no longer lists the game for Xbox One, just PC

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. A new gaming laptop has leaked via a German electronics retailer. That in and of itself is not unusual, but the specs of the leaked computer are interesting. The new variant of Acer’s Nitro 5 has an AMD Ryzen 7

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. There are a lot of amazing games these days, but they sometimes take years to develop, and they might still launch in a sorry state at release — looking at you, Cyberpunk 2077. If you want to return to a

By Sherif Saed, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 10:03 GMT Sony Pictures is diving deep into PlayStation’s well of video game properties. Sony Pictures, the TV and film production arm of the Sony Corporation, is seemingly working on more than just Uncharted. Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra told CNBC (via MediaPost) that the studio is working

Rockstar will pay more attention to solo GTA Online players going forward. The recent release of the Cayo Perico Heist – GTA Online‘s biggest update yet – not only brought a big new heist for players, it also added a new location, new vehicles, weapons and much more. But something those who don’t keep up

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Gamers around the world spend eight years waiting for CD Projekt Red to release Cyberpunk 2077. CDPR is coming off a massive success with The Witcher 3, and the Cyberpunk trailers made the game look incredible. No game could live

By Sherif Saed, Monday, 21 December 2020 10:35 GMT Microsoft’s efforts to bring classic Halo games to PC have been well worth it. Microsoft and 343 Industries have been very happy with the response to Halo: The Master Chief Collection on PC, which culminated recently with the release of Halo 4, the last planned game

I thought Astro’s Playroom was going to be a throwaway pack-in title. I was wrong. Given that the PS5 had big hitters Spider-Man Miles Morales and Demon’s Souls arrive alongside it, Astro’s Playroom being my favorite launch game is hugely surprising. I figured it would be a gimmick-fest: a few bleeps and bloops out of

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Microsoft has added another exclusive to its own stable of games. Ark II, the sequel to the hottest bug simulator of the 2010s and starring Vin Diesel, will apparently debut as an Xbox exclusive, though it’s probably time-limited as opposed

You investigations have V as far as Pacifica’s mysterious gang of elite netrunners: the Voodoo Boys. Now you’ve gotten their attention, they have a job for you in Cyberpunk 2077’s I Walk the Line quest.

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Many of today’s hottest games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Control make heavy use of ray tracing technology. Ray tracing can produce much more realistic lighting, but it requires powerful graphics processing — just ask Cyberpunk players how much ray tracing

The rapidly evolving Cyberpunk 2077 situation took another two twists this week. First, Sony — aka “The Company That Gives No Refunds” — has announced it will be handing out refunds where Cyberpunk 2077 is concerned. Furthermore, the game is being stripped from the PlayStation store: Holy shit. https://t.co/xy9FnkwLK8 pic.twitter.com/1lftMx1o7Z — Rami Ismail (رامي) (@tha_rami)

Activision is opening up select Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War multiplayer playlists to anyone who doesn’t own the full game. In celebration of the new Season One launch, and the holidays, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has kicked off a week-long free multiplayer promo. For a full week: Thursday, December 17

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Google launched Stadia just over one year ago with support for select Android phones and the Chromecast. Google promised iPhone support, but Apple’s App Store policies got in the way. Now, there’s finally a way to play Stadia on iOS

By Sherif Saed, Thursday, 17 December 2020 09:29 GMT It seems like there’s an invisibility glitch every other month in Warzone. Those of us looking forward to trying out the new content in Call of Duty: Warzone, which just arrived as part of Black Ops Cold War’s first season, will be disappointed to learn that

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Earlier this week, CD Projekt Red released a lengthy statement in which it acknowledged many console players were upset with the game and appeared to offer refunds to any console gamer who was unhappy with the title. Today, the company

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Nvidia’s decision to rebuild Quake II as a ray tracing title was, in my opinion, a really clever way to show off what the feature was capable of, while simultaneously giving people a reason to return to the well-regarded classic

By Alex Calvin, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 17:52 GMT The perfect paranoid Christmas game.Multiplayer smash hit Among Us is coming to Nintendo Switch today (Tuesday, December 15). The release was announced at the close of today’s an indie-focused Nintendo Direct and comes with cross-play support so you can murder your friends on other platforms. This

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. In a new twist, Sony reps are refusing to grant the Cyberpunk 2077 refunds CD Projekt Red has told its console players to request and are instead telling players specifically to wait. Reports on how Sony does (or doesn’t) feel

By Dom Peppiatt, Monday, 14 December 2020 20:30 GMT For the first time in its history, OpenCritic has issued a warning to Cyberpunk 2077 players intending to purchase the game on either PlayStation 4 or Xbox One. Reviews aggregator OpenCritic has begun to show users of the site a pretty unavoidable warning when they start checking

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. CD Projekt Red, a developer whose stock has sagged 40 percent since it launched the long-awaited, much-hyped Cyberpunk 2077, has finally acknowledged that it launched an unacceptable, execrable product as far as the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are concerned.

By Dom Peppiatt, Sunday, 13 December 2020 15:21 GMT Star Wars: Rogue Squadron will not be an adaptation of the video game titles of the same name, director Patty Jenkins has confirmed. The upcoming movie from the Wonder Woman director may share a name with a series of arcade-style games but in an interview with IGN,

By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 12 December 2020 19:31 GMT Ark: The Animated Series has received an extended cut trailer. Announced at The Game Awards 2020 alongside Ark 2, an extended cut trailer has been released for Ark: The Animated Series. Studio Wildcard has partnered with director Jay Oliva (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Justice League:

By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 11 December 2020 20:49 GMT Super Meat Boy Forever finally has a release date. Team Meat has announced its long, long-awaited sequel to 2010’s Super Meat Boy is coming soon, which means you can pick up Super Meat Boy Forever on December 23. Announced back in 2015, in the sequel, Meat Boy packs

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Polish developer CD Projekt Red has been working on Cyberpunk 2077 in some capacity since 2012, and that’s a long time for hype to build. Anticipation has ratcheted up each time the game was delayed in 2020, but it finally

By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 11 December 2020 04:11 GMT Focus Home Interactive announced Flying Wild Hog’s upcoming game, Evil West, during The Game Awards this evening. Evil West is in development for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. In the game, a “dark menace” has descended upon the American frontier. As one

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Cyberpunk 2077 launched this week, but if you’re stuck playing the game on the original Xbox or PS4, what you’ve seen in trailers doesn’t exactly reflect the game you’ll get if you pull the trigger. It’s a given that games

Cyberpunk 2077 is finally ready to play, and there are few special items for those who’ve preordered – or if you’ve linked your GOG Account to the platform you’re playing on – including a Wolf School Jacket styled after The Witcher 3. GOG, Cyberpunk 2077, and The Witcher 3 all come under the umbrella of